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Friday, February 10, 2012

Outgoing

That refers to the mail, not my personality.

I've learned to fake it really well, but my true self is socially backward, fearful of everyone, and quite content to be alone, thank you very much. If I don't know you, I'd really rather not talk to you.

As a kid I would sooner pee my pants than ask where a bathroom was. Literally. I'm not kidding.

And this hatred of talking to strangers is not limited to face-to-face interactions. I also hate talking on the phone to people I don't know. It took me until I was 35 to get up the nerve to call for pizza. Thank goodness I've always lived with someone who's willing to do it.

But I digress. Today I remembered to scan my mail before dropping at the post office, and here are a few things going out to folks from the "good mail day" list:

This next one is for a swap-bot trade that involved using a file folder as an envelope, and restricting your collage images to a single book:

12 comments:

There are some lucky people going to get some really cool mail art in the next few days!

I used to be very shy and didn't talk to people. Now I talk to people everywhere except in large groups. But I'm not a phone person. Just not my thing! I do enjoy spending time alone in my studio, not talking to anyone. Enjoy your cave time!!

I am not shy at all, I will talk to anyone, I say hi to people I dont know, I can start a conversation with anyone, my daughter says she hates going anywhere with me, all I do is talk to strangers (lol)

Like Lee above, I'm a talker and enjoy chatting with folks - whether I know them or not. However, I've noticed as I've gotten older that I definitely don't have the 'need' to socialize as much and am perfectly happy creating away all by myself for days at a time. I like to work in quiet too - I rarely have music on & certainly no TV. Just me and my thoughts. FUN!By the way - what a cool folder envelope! When you say use one book, does that mean all the images/text came from only once source? Cool idea.

Totally with you - or at least I used to be. We figured out after the fact that I had something called selective mutism - you might want to look it up, since a couple of those sound like my symptoms. The phone thing especially. I've gotten more confidence over time, and the mutism got healed at a prayer meeting (which I know sounds insane, but it's completely true) and I'm capable of making phone calls now. I still don't like it, but I can.